Purcell Parson Denton Seen In Gun Incident At Tavern
Widow Gladys Glasco testified Denton held the gun when her husband Ted Glasco was shot. Witnesses described the scene inside the beer tavern near Purcell as Denton, called the Fighting Parson, argued over a family dispute. The jury heard testimonies from June Tippitt and others as the state neared the end of its case.
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Jane Tippitt
Raymond Glasco
Ben Williams
Truman
Deaton
Ted
Pilar
Gaper
June Tippitt
Glasco
Denton
Purman Wilson
Williams
Jfter
Gladys
Ed Dallas
Baptist General Convention of Texas
R. C. Campbell
Campbell
Immanuel Baptist Church
Little Rock
Antlers Woman Faces Murder Trial Over Cafe Shooting
Mrs. Willie Davis, 35, stands trial in Antlers on a murder charge for shooting Mrs. Juna Sisson after a cafe dispute. Davis testified Sisson slapped and knocked her, then she grabbed a pistol in self defense. Trial winds down as defense hopes to finish today.
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Owens J. Watts
Renewal
Joe Stamper
Pushmataha
C. E. Dudley
Antlers
Death Comes for Charley Qualls in Ada
Charley Qualls longtime Ada resident died suddenly at home on East Eighth. Funeral set Friday at 2 pm at Criswell Funeral home with burial in Rosedale cemetery. Survived by wife, four daughters, two sisters, five brothers, and several in laws.
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C.be
Charley" Qualls
Ada
East Eighth
Criswell Funeral Home
Rosedale
Qualls
Couch Transfer and Storage Company
Couch
Qualis
R. W. Fower
Don Huffman
Charles M. Griffeth
Oklahoma City
Dlbred
Ledbetter
St. Louis
Eli Shipley
Sinnie Hammock
Cookeville, Venn
M. W. Qualls
J. B. Qualls
B. B. Qualls
Harvie Qualls
N. N. Qualls
Cookeville
Conference Ends After State Baptist Meeting in Ada
Attendance at the state conference of Baptist associational Sunday School workers in Ada rose to 308 by Tuesday night, with plans for 300. The event closed at noon Wednesday after Dr. W R White of Oklahoma City delivered the main address We Must Go On. All but one association were represented, with many attendees at general and departmental sessions.
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Conference of Baptist Associational
L. A. Stule
First Baptist Church of
Ada
W. R. White
Oklahoma City
Southern Baptist
Two Adans In Select Group At O. U. Meet
Jat. 18 Mary Lee Hughes and Tapley G. Arnold of Ada were among a select group of Ada students chosen from the junior class at the University of Oklahoma. Officials recently held a luncheon for honor students in the class to plan a new program with faculty members. Dr. McKeever Wants to Teach State to Live Oklahoma City Jan 19 APe Dr. D A McKeever 69-year-old psychologist and retired college professor enters the Republican gubernatorial race to teach the state to live within its income.
Ross Slayer Kidnapping Case Locked By Hoovers Flight
J Edgar Hoover arrived in St Paul with a heavily manacled suspect believed to be Peter Anders. Hoover said Anders confessed to kidnapping and slaying Charles S Ross after a 50000 ransom, then killed his accomplice James Atwood Grey. Authorities traced the suspect across the nation, seizing part of the ransom.
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ST. Paul
U7m
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Peter Anders
Hoover
Charles S. Ross
Los Angeles
Anders
Priday
Chisago
Ross
Department of Justice
Chicago
J. Ka R Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Foss
Rockford
Ill
James Atwood Grey
Santa Anita Park
Gray
Ilinois
New Orleans
Old Case Bobs Up With Third Man In Custody
An old case is revived with the arrest in Tulsa of Mutt Tonsend related to charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Simon Patton said he paid three men for a liquor consignment that yielded only empty boxes. Orville Thomas Bill Hassell and Townsend faced charges. Thomas and Hassell were arrested and out on bond. Mose Henry escorted Townsend to Ada from Tulsa. Westminster, England, lights fifty five miles of streets with gas.
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Tulsa
Mutt
Simon Patton
Orville Thomas
Bill Hassell
Townsend
Thomas
Hassell
Mose Henry
Ada
At 100 Years Is He Oldest Working Man In the Nation
John Michael Horan of Milwaukee nears his 100th birthday on January 23 and the 100th anniversary of his job on April 17, 1955. Since 1853 he has worked every day in boiler inspection for the Milwaukee railroad, rising to superintendent while fathering seven children. He has never missed a day due to illness, follows a routine of eight hours work and eight blocks of walking daily, and aims to keep tracing whether anyone has worked longer. His wife died in 1901. three of his five children have predeceased him. Regular rest and work remain his prescription.
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NEA
John Michael Horan
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Railroad
Horan
Man pleads not guilty in manslaughter case near Ada
Luke Taylor pleaded not guilty to first degree manslaughter after E. Smith died from injuries in an altercation last week. Bond set at 4000 by Justice W L Reed. Taylor released after posting bond. Smith suffered a skull fracture after an incident at St Hersons Place north of Ada. Taylor claimed self defense. The case stems from a knife threat during the confrontation.
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Luke Taylor
E.wmith
W. L. Reed
Taylor
Smith
St Herson's Place
Ada
F Taylor
Revival in Beer Hall Sparks Nazarene Church Inside Tavern
MARQUAND MO January 19 Rev Noel Bremner Ozarks Mountain Nazarene minister reports success for nightly tavern revivals during half hour beer suspend. He places a hand printed sign Church of the Nazarene on the walls and preaches as bartender Murphy Myers hosts the unlikely alliance begun ten days ago after patron trouble finding a venue.
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Myers
Plan To Organize Dairymen Group To Be Discussed
Dairymen are urged to attend a district court room meeting at o o'clock tonight to discuss forming a dairymen association. W M Bottoms of the city county health unit arranged the gathering, with officials hoping the group will share problems and provide industry information.
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W. M. Bottoms
Mysterious Package Found in Ada With Glass Slides
G M Stark of Ralston Oklahoma found a box on the Ada sidewall by the First National Bank containing four glass slides wrapped in a clipping from a Japanese newspaper. The black celluloid box lid was fastened. Stark cannot read the Japanese and will turn the item to federal officials if the owner is not identified.
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G. M. Stark
Ralston
Oklahoma
Ada
Henry Stark
East Sixth
First National Bank
Oklahoma City
Rain Prospect For Dustbowl
The Associated Press reports a chance of occasional rains to settle the loose topsoil in western Oklahoma as a low pressure area over New Mexico moves east. Clouds rise tonight with possible rain in extreme west portions, warmer temps inland except in the northwest, and a 50-50 forecast for rain. Overnight readings include Enid 30, Ponca City 32, Oklahoma City 36, Tulsa 38, Fort Sill 40, Ardmore 42. Fog along the Gulf and Kansas City, with snow in parts of Colorado, Minnesota, and Iowa.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Harry Wahlgren
Waynoka
Ponca City
Elis City
McAlester
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Muskogee
Fort Sill
Ardmore
Gulf
Kansas City
Colorado
Minnesota
Lews
President Roosevelt convenes 50 business leaders
Roosevelt met 50 members of Secretary Roper's business advisory council at the White House to discuss economic problems. He indicated any topic could be raised, with talks likely on industrial stabilization and labor. The group, active since 1983 and led by W Avery Harriman, includes diverse Republicans and others.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roper
W. Averell Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Securities Commission
Rosevelt
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
White House
Sloan
John L. Lewis
CIO
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgan Partner
Danger Walls May Fall Delays Hunt For Fire Victims
At St Hyacinthe Quebec inspectors halted search of the Sacred Heart college ruins after a deadly fire. Four more bodies were recovered bringing the total to 24 with 23 believed still entombed, as walls threatened to collapse and delay rescue efforts.
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ST. Hyacinthe
Quebec
Sacred Heart College
Divorce Petitions Filed in District Court
Two divorce petitions were filed in district court on Wednesday. C. C. Ramsey seeks a divorce from Audry Ramsey, and Cleara McElroy seeks a divorce from Frank McElroy.
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C. C. Ramsey
Audry Ramsey
Cleara McElroy
Frank McElroy
Patterson seized by two gunmen? Oklahoma tale of 2000 mile ride
O'Clay Patterson, a Holdenville and Wewoka automobile dealer, was found east of McAlester after four days of captivity by two hitchhikers who forced him to drive through Texas and Louisiana. Barefoot and exhausted, he recounted the ride to State Patrol and federal agents, with no ransom demanded.
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McAlester
O' Clay Patterson
Holdenville
Wewoka
Here
Harold Watson
Fanshaw
Patterson
Jack Roberts
Allen
Roberts
Dallas
Texas
Shreveport
Louisiana
New Orleans
Antlers
Oklahoma
Robert Watson
W. C. Gentry
Harvey Powell
Oklahoma City
Clinton W. Stein
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Stein
Atwood
Oklahoma Industry Wage Bill Near Adoption
Oklahoma City and Tulsa will have the highest minimum wage brackets under a state plan for retail, laundry, and dry cleaning workers. A row over city size zones and living costs sparked questions from Andrew Fraley, urging a faster ruling on the codes. The commission aims for final signatures by late January with an effective date in April.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Industrial Welfare Commission
W. A. Pat Murphy
Grudge blamed for slaying of Muskogee woman
In Muskogee authorities blame a long standing grudge for the murder of Faye Brewer, 37, mother of five, by former janitor George Hinson, 60, who then killed himself after forcing her children away. The event follows his eviction from her home weeks earlier, investigators said.
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Muskogee
George Hinson
Choren
J. ¥. Beavers
Faye Brewer
Hinson
Brewer
Beavers
Kennamer Holds Smith-Drummond Suit On Docket
Osage county tax case drags through federal court with Judge Kennamer delaying dismissal. Smith argues government tax suit was settled. cross complaint may keep action alive for future tax challenges. Drummond seeks return of Pawhuska ranch land. appeal to state supreme court follows recent property award.
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Kennamer
Smith-Drummond
Tulsa
UPI
Osage County
Dack) Drummond
Geo. W. Smith
Franklin Kennamer
Smith
Tha Wing
Treland
Guscrabiens
Pawhuska
Drummond
State Supreme Court
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Marshall Eaton
Ray Crantz
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Colyer
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Dairymen
Satan's Kingdom
Conn
Bureau of Plant Industry
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Fraley
Andrew Fraley
Marland
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Williamson
Fraley Skeptical
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